Coping Skills
This coping skill lowers blood pressure, reduces headaches, helps manage anxiety, and brings oxygen to the brain.
What is deep breathing?
When playing a game of chess (or any other sport/ game/ competition, etc.), this is something a player can say to their winning opponent.
What is "Good game!"?
Other options include "Congratulations", "Good job!" and/or "Would you like to play again?".
This daily living skill prevents heart attack, tooth decay, and tooth loss. It is beneficial to the wallet and ones overall health.
What is brushing teeth?
The appropriate way to request personal space.
What is using vocal/verbal communication (whether request or expression). Examples include: "Could I please have some space?", "I need space.", or "I am uncomfortable, could you please scooch over a bit?".
This can assist in boosting the mood of oneself and others.
What is engaging in a positive attitude/behavior and promoting a positive environment?
This coping skill helps people explore emotions and develop self-awareness. It can reduce stress and improve confidence.
What is art?
This is the "golden rule" of fairness.
What is "treat others as you would like to be treated"?
This is the duration that is widely recommended for a person to wash their hands properly.
What is 20 seconds?
Alternative option is singing the "Happy Birthday" song beginning to end twice.
This is the appropriate ways to request a break (specific to JP).
What is using vocal/verbal communication and requests or using his established signal (sign language for "break")?
Signs of this emotion can include increased heartrate, sweating, panic, nausea, stomach cramps, restlessness, and racing thoughts.
What is anxiety?
This self-help technique is scientifically proven to calm oneself without the risk of being retraumatized.
What is trauma tapping?
The ability to understand and share the feelings of others.
What is empathy?
(The judge will also accept "compassion".)
This daily living skill decreases risk of error, missed steps, missing materials and possible catastrophic failures.
What is following directions?
This is the practice of listening to hear rather than listening to respond. It can prevent misunderstandings and miscommunication.
What is active listening?
This is how people use their voice to convey emotion.
What is tone of voice?
This is the practice of accepting situations that are outside of your control without judging them.
What is radical acceptance?
This basic practice in fairness can be learned by children as young as two years old.
What is taking turns?
This is the recommended duration of sleep for a teenager.
What is 8 hours?
This tone of voice can de-escalate arguments and disagreements into discussions.
This is nonverbal communication that assists people in conveying emotions.
What is body language, facial expressions, eye contact and/or sign language?
This coping technique helps someone refocus on the present moment as a distraction from anxious feelings/thoughts. (includes 5-4-3-2-1, mindfulness, using a slinky and putting things in categories).
What are grounding techniques?
These are the five levels of friendship.
What are 1. strangers 2. acquaintances 3. casual friends 4. close friends 5. intimate friends.
This daily living skill can help maintain steady energy levels, assists with mood regulation, reduces risk of allergic reactions, and can improve academic performance in students.
What is packing a lunchbox and taking it to school to eat during lunch time.
It is important to pack a lunch even if contains slightly lesser preferred foods when highly preferred foods are unavailable.
A healthy lunch can decrease the risk of obesity, risk of cancer and improve mental and physical health overall.
The first step to taking accountability.
What is clarity?
These "zones" include the colors blue, green, yellow, and red.
What are "the zones of regulation"?